1. New Zealand Natural History Part 2 Flora and Fauna Tourguiding.wordpress.com Hillary Jenkins, Otago Polytechnic 2008

2. IMPORTANT… Images you are about to see are some of our special places and their inhabitants many of which are ENDEMIC to New Zealand - Features forming New Zealand’s National Parks and the UNESCO World Heritage Status - Features which contribute to a booming tourism industry

4. Let’s take a closer look at the climate zones and at some of the native plants and animals that live there today

5. The Alpine Zone Glaciers Braided rivers Wide open valleys Ice covered mountains

6. Aoraki Mount Cook

7. Mountains & Alpine Valleys Tussock grasses grow here

8. 600 species of Alpine Plants 93 % found only in New Zealand

9. Mount Cook Buttercup- the world’s largest buttercup

10. Daisies and Spaniards specially adapted for survival

11. Miniature brooms

12. More buttercups, daisies and bristly carrots

13. Flightless Takahe lives in Alpine tussock (One known population left in the wild) ‏

14. Kea - Worlds only Alpine Parrot (only in the South Island of New Zealand) ‏

15. Invertebrates – food for birds

16. The Temperate Forests

18. Beech Forests Sliver Red Mountain Black www.flickr.com/photos/33495997@N00/402696291/sizes/m/

19. Kiwi!? http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333@N00/281832147/sizes/m/

20. Karearea - New Zealand Falcon

21. NZ Robin and giant native worm

22. Tieke - Saddleback

23. Kereru – New Zealand Wood Pigeon

24. Rare Flightless Parrot Kakapo 86 (+ about 5 new babies this year) left in the world

25. Harakeke – New Zealand Flax an amazing resource

26. Piwakawaka (Fantail) and Tui http://www.flickr.com/photos/8611584@N06/2067358292/sizes/s/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbinns/2036385629/sizes/m /

27. The Subtropical Forest

28. Dense lush warm forest full of diversity

29. Ancient Ferns- from 100million years ago 200 species, 40 endemic to New Zealand

30. More ferns, orchids & mosses Koru

31. Nikau Palm New Zealand’s only true Palm species

32. Kauri - Tane Mahuta our biggest tree http://www.flickr.com/photos/sassygagliardi/440514174/sizes/m /

33. The Coastal Zone Sand Dunes Estuaries Salt Marshes Headlands

34. Cormorants on a West Coast Beach

35. Coastal Flowering Hebe

36. Penguins and NZ Fur Seals www.flickr.com/photos/littlebluepenguin/357091278/sizes/m/ www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/232405333/sizes/m/

38. Further reading Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest by John Dawson and Rob Lucas New Zealand Alpine Plants by J T Salmon Field Guide to Birds of New Zealand by Heather, B and Robertson, H www.doc.govt.nz Native Plants Photo’s by Nicky Snoyink (otherwise stated) ‏